Movies

A compilation of 30 French filmmakers, Alain Resnais and Jean Luc Godard among them, who use film to make a plea on behalf of a political prisoner....

A musical drawing room farce set in Paris circa October, 1925. Middle-aged Gilberte flirts with men but loves her husband Georges, wishing he were...

A very rare and unknown documentary directed by Alain Resnais when he was still a student, part of his series about painters of his time.

Luc Lagier puts Alain Resnais' film back in its historical context and in the filmmaker's biography. He tells the story, then the development of what...

Two actors play eighteen different roles in a story that asks the question: would my life have been different if I hadn't lit a cigarette?

Filmmaker William Klein documents the Paris student riots that occurred in May of 1968.

Le chant du Styrène is a 1958 French documentary film directed by Alain Resnais. The film was an order by French industrial group Pechiney to...

Nicole Védrès' chronicle of Paris from 1900 to 1914 is brought to life through the use of original material, all authentic, secured...

This is the legendary meeting between a young filmmaker and one of the masters of surrealism: the spanish painter Óscar Domínguez, born...

Two actors portray eighteen Yorkshire villagers, who offer several iterations of their lives depending on whether or not they lit a cigarette at a...

Audio interview with Alain Resnais

Directed by Alain Resnais

A short subject about a Dutch artist who worked in : sculpture, painting, photography, and typography.

A series of 43 documentary shorts, directed (without credit) by several famous French filmmakers and each running between two and four minutes. Each...

An experimental meditation on Times Square's marquees and iconic advertising that captures the concurrently seedy and dazzling aspects of New York's...

An art short subject about a French surrealist painter, designer, and illustrator.

An art short subject about a visit to a French painter.

A visit by the director to the studio of the artist is the basis for this documentary short subject.

A documentary on the filmmaker with a focus on music and voices in his work, featuring collaborators and critics including the filmmaker himself,...